first meeting; first interview with
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
consultation fee; doctor's fee
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
association; society; organization; organisation
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to concern; to be related
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to miss (one's chance to ...)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance